Dataverse is an open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others' work more easily. Researchers, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive academic credit and web visibility. Read more about About
As an open source project, the Dataverse team is dedicated to working with all interested stakeholders of the research community to help in defining future development efforts to continue expanding and enhancing the software application. In addition to our Users forum, there is an Advisory Team which meets quarterly, and an annual Community Meeting. Read more about Advisory Team
The first annual Dataverse Community Meeting June 9-11th was a success thanks to you, the Dataverse Community! Thank you to all who attended the meeting, presented, and participated in breakout sessions each afternoon.
At the beginning of next week, April 13th, Harvard Dataverse will be upgraded to Dataverse 4.0! The current version of the Harvard Dataverse (thedata.harvard.edu) will still be available for the next month for you to view. However, you will be able to edit, upload, or download in the new release 4.0 and can benefit from the new functionalities there.
Dataverse 4.0 has an entirely new way to grant access to a dataverse, dataset, and restricted files. Each dataverse and dataset has their own permissions page.
Dataverse Permissions
To access the permissions for a dataverse, click on the Edit button then select Permissions.
Permissions page for a dataverse.
By clicking on the Edit Access button, you are able to change the settings allowing no one or anyone to add either dataverses or datasets to a dataverse.
You are cordially invited to take part in the